Kelly is the representative for Mississippi’s 1st congressional district (view map) and is a Republican. He has served since Jun 9, 2015. Kelly is next up for reelection in 2020.
![Photo of Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS1]](/static/legislator-photos/412673-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Legislative Metrics
Read our 2019 Report Card for Kelly.
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Kelly is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our liberal–conservative ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Kelly has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 6, 2015 to Jan 21, 2020. See full analysis methodology.
Ratings from Advocacy Organizations
Committee Membership
Trent Kelly sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Armed Services
- Military Personnel subcommittee Ranking Member
Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittees -
House Committee on Agriculture
Conservation and Forestry, Livestock and Foreign Agriculture subcommittees
- House Committee on Small Business
Enacted Legislation
Kelly was the primary sponsor of 1 bill that was enacted:
Does 1 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.
We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110th Congress).
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Kelly sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Armed Forces and National Security (40%) Commerce (33%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Immigration (13%)
Recent Bills
Some of Kelly’s most recently sponsored bills include...
- H.R. 4702: Small Business Size Standard Manufacturing Clarification Act of 2019
- H.Res. 599: Expressing support of independence and further development of the strategic partnership between the ...
- H.R. 4152: VA-DoD Shared Medical Facilities Act of 2019
- H.R. 3319: Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act
- H.R. 1919: DEER Act
- H.R. 1615: Verification Alignment and Service-disabled Business Adjustment Act
- H.Res. 107: SFC Sean Cooley and SPC Christopher Horton Congressional Gold Star Family Fellowship Program ...
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Jun 2015 to Jan 2020, Kelly missed 41 of 2,950 roll call votes, which is 1.4%. This is on par with the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- GPO Member Guide for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
